Ink-well.



PATENTED AUG. 27 1907.

J. B. SGOZZAFAVA..

INK WELL.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.10. 1906.

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JOHN B. SCOZZAFAVA, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

1 INK-WELL.

To allwhohi it may concern;

Be it brow e s I, JOHN B. Scoz'zsrsva, a citizen of the United State -residing at Waterbury, in the county of New .Haven and State of Connecticut, have in vented eertainnew anduseiul Improvements in Ink Wells; and I do hereby declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in ink wells. and my object is to provide a well 7 of this class which will automatically feed ink into a pen receiving receptacle as used.

A further object is to provide means to protect said ink from the outside atmosphere and prevent the samefrom evaporating. i

A San further object is to provide means to normally keep'the opening in said-well closed and prevent the.

spilling of the ink should the well be tipped over.

Further objects and advantages-will be hereinafter referred to and. pointed out in the claims. I

' In" the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form-of my invention. v

In said drawiugs Figure' l a longitudinal central section through the well or stand and fee'd device, and,

, Fig. 2 is a detail. sectional view as seen from the line 2-'-2 Fig. l.

Referring to the fig ures byanum'erals of reference, 1: indicates the (reservoir or body of my improved ink well which maybe made in any preferred shape and is provided at. one side with an opening 2 to receive an automatic feed, member 3, said member having an auxiliary reservoir 4 therein, the upper end of which is provided with a cap 5 through which, the pen isinserted into the ink. The cap 5 has an opening therein which is adapted to be normally closed by aclosure 6, said closure being hinged to saidcap 5 and is normally held "in the opening in said capby means of a spring member 7. The walls of the reservoir 4 are tapered from their upper edge downwardly and terminate in a cup-shaped member 8 at the lower end of said reser-. voir, said member 8 being below tl e inlet tube 9 in the feed member 3, said inlet tube extending from the auxiliary reservoir 4 through the feed member 3 into the main reservoir 1,- the object of said inlet tube 9 being to feed the ink from the reservoir 1 into the auxiliary reservoir 4.. The automatic feed member 3 is also provided'with an air tube 10, said tube starting from the reservoir 4 at a point a short distance above the inlet tube 9 and extending upwardlythrough the automatic iced member 3 to a point near the upper edge of said iced member.

. As shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the member 3 is Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed 0mm 10,1{506r Serial No. 338.296

- upper surface reservoir, said iiirtube threaded into the opening 2, but it'will be understood :Patented Au 27, 1907.

that any preferred means may beemployedto secure said member therein. The floor 11 of the main reser-" voir 1 is made thicker at one edge than at the other so that the upper surface thereof will be inclined whereby all of the contents of said reservoir 1 will be directed into the inlet tube 9. Y

In use, the member 3 is removed from the reservoir 1 and said reservoir is filled with writing fluid; after which the member 3 is'again screwed into the'op'ening 2 and the inkwellplaced upon its base whereupon air will pass up throug'hthe tube 10 until a sufi'icient quantity of thefiuid'has passed through the inlet tube 9 and entered the auxiliary reservoir to a sufficient height to close the lower end of the tube 10 whereupon the atmospheric pressure will be removed from the fluid in the main reservoir and the flow oi the fluid stopped. As soon, however, as the ink is removed from the reservoir 4 sufficiently to allow air to againenter the tube 10, more of the fluid will enter the reservoir 4 as before stated.

The object of the'eup-shaped depression 8 in the bottom of the auxiliary reservoir 4' is to permit all of the ink in the reservoir 1 to be brought into a position.

whereby a' pencan be placed therein. It will also be seen that by having the closure 6 hinged on the under side of the cap 5, that said closure can be moved out of the opening in said cap by pressing thereon with the point of the-pen, the spring 7 being only'oi sufficient tension to return the closure 6' into the opening in said cap after the pen has been removed from the auxiliary reservoir. It will also be seen that by providing this construction, the opening in the cap 5. will be normally closed so that should the ink well be upset, the ink will be prevented irom running out through said "opening and by having" said opening normally closed the ink in the reservoir is kept free from foreign particles. What I claim is:

1 An ink well of the class described comprising a main reservoir having an opening therein, an automatieieed member secured-in said opening, an auxiliary reservoir in said reed member, a cup-shaped terminal at the lower end of said auxiliary reservoir, said feed member having an in let tube at its lower end disposed in a plane above said cup-shaped terminal, 'said inlet tube being in line with the i i of the door ofthe'malnreservoir, said memher also having an air tube registering at oneend with the main reservoir and at its opposite end with the auxiliary being at anacut'e'angle to the axis of the auxiliary reservolr andineans to automatically close the upper end oftheauxiliery reservoir.

2. An ink well of the class described comprising a main reservoir having a. circular opening in one end tbereof, the periphery of said opening being threaded, an automatic feed member cylindrical in cross section and having threads thereon adapted to enter said, opening] and engage the threads on the periphery of said member, an auxlllary reservoir in said feed member, at an obtuse angle to the horizontal axis of the member, said feed member hav-e of the main reservbir, said member also having an air tube extending upwardly from the lower portion of theauxili'al'y reservoir and'registering with the rnain reservoir at a point adjacent the upper portion of the feed, member, said air tube being at an \acute angle to the axis of the auxiliary reservqinand meansto automaticaiiy close the 10 upper end of the auxiliary reservoir.-

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the'presence of two subseribin'g witnesses.

JOHN B. 'SCOZZAFAVA. Witnesses:

DOMENICO MOMFBED, RALPH MiLLOlZY. 

